Improvement in surgical bandages



UNI'rEn STA'IEs JOHN G. GROOCOOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN` SURGICAL BANDAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,814, dated November14, 1871.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, lJOHN G. GRoooocK, of the city of New York, State ofNew York, have i-nvented a useful and Improved Surgical Bandage; and Ido hereby declare the following is an 'exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters ofreference marked thereon making a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 represents the bandage with a buckle and strap with eyelets.Fig. 2 represents anend View of the buckle and strap.

The nature of my invention consists in a tubular bandage furnished witha fastening of a peculiar construction, to be hereinafter described;

the objectl being to bandage and fasten the bandage iirmly to thedisabled limb of man or animal.

A represents the bandage, made of knit or Woven material, and tubular,having a buckle,

B, at one end, with strap, and eyelet-holes C in the strap, so that whenthev bandage is wound aroundthe limb the strap is inserted into thebuckle, and the upright fixed or rigid tongue D is inserted into one ofthe eyelet-holesO, and the bandage is held permanently t0 the limb. Thetongue D is a projecting immovable pin at the center bar E of thebuckle, having a round head HENRY J. HENNEssY. (156) oFFICE. i

